ETC Cooperative

2020 Roadmap

March 11, 2020

2020 Annual Roadmap

Overview

This document details the specific goals of the ETC Cooperative for calendar year 2020. These goals are split into two sections - Technical and Organizational.

2020 Technical Strategy

Here is what to expect from the ETC Cooperative this year:

1. Continued Protocol Stewardship
   • Active and deep participation in the ECIP process
   • Monitoring network health
2. Grassroots Communication and Marketing
   • Community-driven website with internationalization
   • Re-establishing relationship with ETC Consortium for China market
   • Hackathons, community conferences, “Bob and Yaz”
3. Partnerships and Outreach
   • Engagement with the Ethereum ecosystem, especially L2 projects.
   • Ethereum Magicians – modularity of specification for “Ethereum Stack”.
   • Enterprise Ethereum Alliance – Technical Spec WG, Testing WG
   • Hyperledger – Besu, Hyperledger Labs, TSC
4. Development
   • Hyperledger Besu
   • Ethercluster (now part of Hyperledger Labs)
   • BlockScout support
   • Supporting Keccak256 POW change proposal
   • Foster Ethereum LLVM community
   • Connext State Channels support

#1 – Continued Protocol Stewardship

The ETC Cooperative’s primary technical focus must always be on stewardship of the ETC protocol via active participation in the Ethereum Classic Improvement Process (“ECIP”) and in the social ecosystem around that process.

Bob and Yaz invest significant time and effort in that process and in the social layers around that process, including on Github, in the ETC Discord, on Twitter, and in blog posts. Directly related to that participation is constant monitoring – both automated and manual – of the health of the ETC mainnet.

Goals/Measures – Goals # 1-4

#2 – Grassroots Communication and Marketing

For 2020 our focus will be almost exclusively on grassroots developer relations, developer support, community conferences, and hackathons. We will perform work on the ETC website including internationalization support. There will be minimal budget allocated to advertising campaigns and sponsorships.

We aim to establish a membership program (both individual and corporate) with the goal of raising $50K USD outside of our Grayscale funding by the end of 2020.

#3 Partnerships and Outreach

We believe that most of the future ETC ecosystem will be formed by Ethereum ecosystem participants who engage as ETC proves itself a capable “sibling project” to ETH.

Engagement will happen at hackathons and conferences, as well as online and in the press.

Goals/Measures – Goal #5

b) Ethereum Magicians

The ETC Cooperative will be establishing a “Ring” within Ethereum Magicians at ETHCC in Paris in March, focusing on modularity of specification.

Goals/Measures – Goal # 8

c) Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and d) Hyperledger

We need to work towards “Ethereum the technology standard”, which is broader than $ETH or $ETC. Both Bob and Yaz will be spending substantial time within the working groups of both Hyperledger and EEA.

Goals/Measures-Goals #9-10

#4 Development

a) Hyperledger Besu

The ETC Cooperative is concentrating exclusively on Hyperledger Besu for at least the first half of 2020.

Goals/Measures – Goal #11

b) Ethercluster

The Ethercluster project is an open source alternative to centralized services which is being developed under the Hyperledger Labs banner.

Goals/Measures – Goal #12

c) Blockscout support

The ETC Cooperative has taken over the operation of BlockScout, which is a primary piece of infrastructure for the ecosystem.

Goals/Measures-Goal #13

d) Supporting Keccak 256 POW change proposal

The ETC Cooperative feels that the adaptation of Keccak256 will contribute to the security of the chain.

Goals/Measures – Goal #14

e) Foster Ethereum LLVM community

ETC Cooperative has been fostering collaboration around LLVM-based Ethereum compiler technology.

Goals/Measures – Goal #15

f) Connext state channels support

Connext will bring up an instance of their infrastructure for ETC which the ETC Cooperative will operate in collaboration with Connext.

Goals/Measures – Goal #16

2020 Organizational Strategy

Beginning in Q4 2019, ETC Coop embarked on a project to improve upon its governance practices. In 2020, we are continuing on this path of continuous improvement.

Aims & Objectives

1. Improve transparency & governance practices by creating and adhering to a governance manual.
2. Adhere to best practices related to requirements for a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
3. Improve accountability and reporting.
4. Formalize and streamline work flow processes.
5. Bring finance and accounting processes in-house.
6. Help to improve Board of Directors engagement and oversight.
7. Create a fundraising strategy to decrease financial reliance on Grayscale.

Processes, Reports, Policies, and Procedural Deliverables

1. Formal policies and procedures to be executed at the 2020 AGM.
   • Whistleblower Policy
   • Donation Policy
   • Document Retention Policy
   • Donation/Gift Policy
2. A governance manual (Q1 2020)
3. A formal budget to be approved at the AGM (Q1 2020)
4. A monthly board package presentation (Q1 2020 or early Q2)
5. Weekly team meetings using Jira Software (Q1 2020)
6. Quarterly transparency reports (beginning Q2 2020)
7. 2019 retrospective transparency report (Early Q2 2020)
8. 2020 Roadmap (Q1 2020)
9. Quarterly milestone reports (tracking KPI’s against the 2020 Roadmap)
10. Monthly accounting packages (Q1 2020)
11. Formalized grant process and procedures (Q2 2020)
12. Implementing a fundraising strategy (Q2 2020)

Implementation Plan

Most of the work is frontloaded to Q1 2020 and ongoing work will continue into the year.

General guidelines